William Whiting (1757 - 1838)

Born 11 Feb 1757 in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Lois (Andrews) Whiting — married 4 May 1779 in Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 11 May 1838 at age 81 in Richford, Tioga, New York, United States

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Biography

Birth, Parents:^[1]

Census

1790 US. ^[2]
Note: William Whiting 2nd was the son of Gamaliel and the brother of Gamaliel Jr. There is another William Whiting [Esq] on the same census image; he was a physician, and not directly related to William Whiting 2nd (but 6 degrees of separation).
1800 US. ^[3] 1810 US. ^[4]
1820 US. ^[5]
1830 US. ^[6]

Research Notes

1. As used in the census records, "Esquire" or "Esq" was used to denote an officeholder of some legal standing or a barrister. This title may be useful when trying to determine which of two similar names is the person of interest. ("Esquire. In English law. A title of dignity next above gentleman, and below knight. Also a title of office given to sheriffs, serjeants, and barristers at law, justices of the peace and others." ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ White, Lorraine Cook, ed. Canaan, Connecticut. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKL-WYX : accessed 12 November 2021), William Whiting 2nd, Great Barrington, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 251, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.
3. ↑ ^{1800 US Census - Missing data source}.
4. ↑ ^{1810 US Census - Missing data source}.
5. ↑ ^{1820 US Census - Missing data source}.
6. ↑ ^{1830 US Census - Missing data source}.
7. ↑ A Dictionary of Law, Henry Campbell Black, 1891, West Publishing Co., St. Paul, MN. p.433.)

• Crawford, Hannah Louise MacNair, Maternal ancestry of Charles Whiting MacNair, (Boston : 1912), p. 20; also available at www.cga.ct.gov.
• Taylor, Charles. History of Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts (Clark W. Bryan & Co., Great Barrington, Mass., 1882).